Contraceptive practices among female heroin addicts
Ralph, N.; Spigner, C.
American Journal of Public Health 76(8): 1016-1017
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-0036 PMID: 3728758 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.76.8.1016Document Number: 344723
In a sample of 115 heroin-addicted women, 25.8 per cent reported any type of contraception compared to 48.5 per cent of a national sample. Matching for age, ethnic group, and income level, reported contraceptive rates for the heroin-addicted sample versus the national sample for the never married, married, and formerly married groups were 40.1 per cent versus 37.7 per cent; 64.9 per cent versus 22.0 per cent; and 51.9 per cent versus 19.9 per cent, respectively.